The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

MRGCD Board Honors Aldo Leopold, one of America�s greatest conservationists�

The Conservancy�s Board of Directors voted at its regular meeting on January 12, 2009, to name 53 acres in the Albuquerque bosque, The Aldo Leopold Forest. Read more....

A little history��

The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District helps keep the Middle Rio Grande Valley green. Our 1,200 miles of ditches and canals ensure that the Valley is full of lush farmlands, open space, wildlife, recreational opportunities and places where people can relax in peaceful repose and escape from the hectic pace of modern life. We convey water to and from 70,000 acres of croplands from Cochiti on the north, to the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge on the south.

�� The MRGCD was formed in the 1920s with the express purpose of draining the Valley�s waterlogged lands, reclaiming them for agriculture and providing irrigation water, drainage and flood control for future generations. Our mission has evolved, and we are now stewards of 30,000 acres of bosque�the largest continuous cottonwood forest in North America.

�� We are honored to be able to provide such valuable services to the people of the Middle Rio Grande Valley. Help us, please, in keeping the Valley forever green.

�� Irrigated farmland west of an MRGCD ditch near Socorro

Current News

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� June 2009 Election Results

� 2009 MRGCD Board of Directors

� 2008 Property Atlas now available!

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� FY 2008 Fiscal Audit Clean!

Projects: The MRGCD is busy with several projects, from levee construction to endangered species to bettering the recreational opportunities we provide up and down the Middle Rio Grande.�